Appendix H 



Table C-32.— Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science, 

 fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 



[Thousands of dollars] 



ActusI 



Field of science ^^^^' 1977 (est.) 1978 (est.) 



Total, all fields $2,425,486 $2,754,656 S3,01 1 ,826 



Life sciences, total 877,685 1,007,063 1,058,312 



Biological 707,592 818,185 860,003 



Clinical medical 27,906 28,738 32,365 



Other medical sciences 118,665 136,420 142,072 



Life sciences, NEC 23,522 23,720 23,872 



Psychology, total 43,672 52,629 57,453 



Biological aspects 24,957 28,672 29,887 



Social aspects 16,911 20,359 22,643 



Psychological sciences, NEC 1,804 3,598 4,923 



Physical sciences, total 721,557 806,278 910,724 



Astronomy 158,909 179,583 219,508 



Chemistry 175,061 202,516 222,073 



Physics 382,817 416,368 460,430 



Physical sciences, NEC 4,770 7,811 8,713 



Environmental sciences, total 354,628 393,598 438,055 



Atmospheric sciences 119,088 127,514 132,290 



Geological sciences 140,265 155,435 183,823 



Oceanography 87,242 100,266 109,749 



Environmental sciences, NEC 8,033 10,383 12,193 



Mathematics & computer sciences, total 70,155 79,388 87,763 



Mathematics 39,047 46,362 52,245 



Computer sciences 27,912 29,560 32,067 



Mathematics & computer sciences, NEC 3,196 3,466 3,451 



Engineering, total 239,955 267,772 297,140 



Aeronautical 29,797 29,716 34,488 



Astronautical 11,529 11,786 13,008 



Chemical 12,720 1 5,087 16,475 



Civil 7,685 7,294 7,928 



Electrical 43,039 46,624 54,602 



Mechanical 14,854 18,902 "" 19,914 



Metallurgy & materials 97,429 113,916 121,118 



Engineering, NEC 22,902 24,447 29,607 



Social sciences, total 85,240 101,972 113,380 



Anthropology 6,421 8,360 10,269 



Economics 25,634 27,828 28,738 



Political science 2,999 2,564 2,988 



Sociology 16,478 21,292 18,862 



Social sciences, NEC 33,708 41,928 52,523 



Other sciences, NEC 32,594 45,956 48,999 



Source: Federal Funds (See footnote Appendix D, Table C-30). 



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